Accelero Xtreme 2900

[Bullet92]

I forgot post that yesterday....

The new vga cooler comes from Artic Cooling and it names Accelero Xtreme. It has 5 heatpipes, 3x 80mm fans and it weight 610g. It is very easy to install and it supports only ati 2900xt/pro and 8800 ultra/gtx/gts for now...

The new Arctic-Cooling Accelero Xtreme 2900 is quite possibly the best all round VGA cooler we have ever seen. In fact the only real potential problem we see with this new product is its size, though given the performance we could easily live with that. Unlike the standard reference cooler the Accelero Xtreme 2900 takes up three expansion slots rather than two. However, because nearly all good Crossfire motherboards place two slots between the PCI Express x16 ports, this will not be an issue for those wanting to use the Accelero Xtreme 2900 on a Crossfire platform.

Source : Legionhardware (http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=713) & Guru3d (http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/487/)

[zanzabar]

i wounder if it will do the 38x0

[One_Hertz]

Wth is with legion's review? 41C at full load for a 2900? Not bloody likely.

[Overgloc]

Must get one!! Where?

[HKPolice]

Ya, there doesn't seem to be stock @ any of the distributors on arctic cooling's website.

[Xope_Poquar]

Why 80mm!? And why do I have to use their fans? Throw on two 92mm or 120mm pushing over 100cfm then we'll talk.

[Clint]

Whoa! This is perfect for my very small HTPC build! Finally a decent amount of heatpipes in a cooler that doesn't sit a half-mile outside of the card, it sits within the boundaries of the card...absolutely beautiful!:up:

My chassis is so narrow that I can close the side if the cooler that faces the MB and open up a grill in the chassis door and let the heat out, it will be a small space of 5mm only between fins an door.:D

[Omar]

The best got better .

[onewingedangel]

If your going triple slot why not make a triple slot blower design?

Even better a two slot blower with all copper fins and the heatpipe layer the new single slot sapphire toxic cards use.

[en4cer]

It takes up 3 pci-e slots :(

[n00b 0f l337]

New powerbench card for air cooling indeed. Remove fans and crank up some panaflos. 3x80 = 2x120 ;)

[EnJoY]

The best got better .

Ah...what?

[AliG]

i wounder if it will do the 38x0

I doubt it, because the regular accelero cools the 38x0s fine, there's no need for this much capacity for the rv670 gpu, I doubt it even at 1ghz+ core

[naokaji]

Slap 3 Vantec Tornado on it and call it aircooling:woot:

[Monkeywoman]

make it all copper and without having to use those 80mm and they have their selves a winner

[Frank M]

make it all copper and
and it will weigh and cost 2-3× as much :)
It is already quite heavy as is.

I think they should've used smaller fins with thinner fans (like 70×15mm) and it
could've been kept at 2-slots height.

Wth was up with that guru3d test? Leaving the stock thermal crap up, not
cleaning the chip? That's a very big mistake, especially for a hardware review
site!

[Chewbenator]

If it is priced the way the S1 is, I think it's a winner. Simply put there is not a better cooler for the money, picked mine up for 25 bucks shipped.

[Bullet92]

New powerbench card for air cooling indeed. Remove fans and crank up some panaflos. 3x80 = 2x120 ;)

why not one 140mm fan? it's more slight than 120/80mm fans... :p:

[rob[GL]]

Wth is with legion's review? 41C at full load for a 2900? Not bloody likely.

Yes!

[AliG]

why not one 140mm fan? it's more slight than 120/80mm fans... :p:

size matters though, it's easier to fit 3 80mm fans than 2 120mm or 140mm fans even if they are quieter and offer more airflow, you may run into space issues with those huge fans

Only thing that I don't get is why is the extreme actually two hs connected by heatpipes? I can't see what the point of the smaller portion is unless that radiates out the heat which the heatpipes conduct from the core which would make sense for space reasons

[naokaji]

Only thing that I don't get is why is the extreme actually two hs connected by heatpipes? I can't see what the point of the smaller portion is unless that radiates out the heat which the heatpipes conduct from the core which would make sense for space reasons

the vreg hs is exactly where the gap is between the two main heatsinks, i bet they coudnt make a one size fits both (nvidia and ati) due to height / size / mounting difference in vreg area and thats why they went for that design instead of one big heatsink.

[Frank M]

Only thing that I don't get is why is the extreme actually two hs connected by heatpipes? I can't see what the point of the smaller portion is unless that radiates out the heat which the heatpipes conduct from the core which would make sense for space reasons

Coming from the core, 3 pipes end in the bigger hs, 2 in the smaller.
This way, you also have the third fan blowing at the vreg area, which also
needs cooling. The hole is there for the separate heatsinks of the vreg area -
see the pic on the first page of legion's review.

[Terru]

Any news on where to buy one of these bad boys? The noise on my 2900xt is driving me nuts :(

[Nicksterr]

Some more news: http://www.techpowerup.com/53006/ARCTIC_COOLING_Launches_Accelero_Xtreme_Series.htm l

[wittekakker]

I forgot post that yesterday....

The new vga cooler comes from Artic Cooling and it names Accelero Xtreme. It has 5 heatpipes, 3x 80mm fans and it weight 610g. It is very easy to install and it supports only ati 2900xt/pro and 8800 ultra/gtx/gts for now...



Source : Legionhardware (http://legionhardware.com/document.php?id=713) & Guru3d (http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/487/)

Madshrimps are the only ones who have tested those on NVIDIA videocards, click (http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=667)

[003]

Wth is with legion's review? 41C at full load for a 2900? Not bloody likely.

I get lower than that :yepp:

[MikalCarbine]

No 38X0 support?

On a side note...from the Guru3d review

That's just a fantastic temperature for a 2900 XT consuming 200 Watts of current.

It sucks being a EE and picking apart what people say involving electricity :D

[FischOderAal]

first shipments of this cooler hit europe yesterday. so they will be available soon

[Fr3ak]

I reviewed the cooler a while ago.

It only fits the HD 2900 XT and Pro. There is a glitch when using the fan controller of the card: The fans dont start spinning because the voltage provided is too low by default. The card has to get kind of hot for the fans to start spinning. When they spin, the rpms are way too low using the automatic fan controller of the card. Because of that the fans only produce 0.2 Sone which is damn good, but the card had the same temp than using stock cooler: 86C.

The cooler starts to shine when you manually set the fan speed.

The Nvidia one worked way better on a Ultra using the fan controller of the card.

Oh, and the cooler needs 3 slots. Running the cooler in SLI is not a good idea because the fans would not get much air.

[WrigleyVillain]

I can't decide whether to sell my Pro or get one of these and then flash w a volt mod bios for higher oc. Good card, but something that sucks less power while providing at least comparable performance would be nice.

Guess I'll continue to wait and see what happens on the gpu front next month.

[wittekakker]

if it scales good with higher performance, I would rather try the mod instead of changing cards once again.

[ToTTenTranz]

Oh, and the cooler needs 3 slots. Running the cooler in SLI is not a good idea because the fans would not get much air.

Is this true?

[jmke]

Is this true?

yes http://www.madshrimps.be/?action=getarticle&number=3&artpage=3166&articID=667

[Losphoron]

I reviewed the cooler a while ago.

It only fits the HD 2900 XT and Pro. There is a glitch when using the fan controller of the card: The fans dont start spinning because the voltage provided is too low by default. The card has to get kind of hot for the fans to start spinning. When they spin, the rpms are way too low using the automatic fan controller of the card. Because of that the fans only produce 0.2 Sone which is damn good, but the card had the same temp than using stock cooler: 86C.

The cooler starts to shine when you manually set the fan speed.

The Nvidia one worked way better on a Ultra using the fan controller of the card.

Oh, and the cooler needs 3 slots. Running the cooler in SLI is not a good idea because the fans would not get much air.

One of the reviewers pointed that there is a problem with automatic settings on 2900xt.Ati made some settings for their cooler to not spin so fast so when you install this cooler the ati settings apply to it..Is an ati problem not the AC problem.

[Fr3ak]

It IS a AC problem. They designed the cooler for a 2900 XT and Pro, so they should have used resistors for the fans to make the fans spin faster or use different fans. The fans dont even start spinning when yu power the system on. You have to manually get them running or wait until the card reaches crazy temperatures..

[wittekakker]

It IS a AC problem. They designed the cooler for a 2900 XT and Pro, so they should have used resistors for the fans to make the fans spin faster or use different fans. The fans dont even start spinning when yu power the system on. You have to manually get them running or wait until the card reaches crazy temperatures..

Indeed, you don't add 1/2th compatibility :)

[emoners]

i can't seem to find it anywhere...:shrug:

[Tulatin]

Wth was up with that guru3d test? Leaving the stock thermal crap up, not cleaning the chip? That's a very big mistake, especially for a hardware review site!

It's Guru3D. Have you been through their self righteous download system lately?